Opening QEII Sim Bay

100 per cent donor funded, QEII Sim Bay is a training hub – for paramedics, respiratory therapists, nurses and doctors – among other health care professionals.

NEVER BREAKING REALITY

A seamless learning experience

What makes QEII Sim Bay so unique is its thoughtful design, which closely imitates the clinical environment to support emergency and trauma situations. Here, teams practise skills in emergency, trauma, airway and critical care.

The QEII Sim Bay is the only facility of its kind in Canada with cadaver learning onsite. This creates an uninterrupted learning opportunity. For example, if a team responding to a mock trauma discovers the simulated patient requires an immediate intervention after resuscitation, they are able to practice those skills in the adjoining room, on real human bodies.

Healthcare team responds to mock trauma in the new QEII Sim Bay.

Take a virtual tour of QEII Sim Bay.

THE SIM BAY ADVANTAGE

Helping healthcare teams grow

Dr. Laura Wade is an emergency medicine resident at Dalhousie University who is proud to be part of the team training at the QEII Sim Bay. She witnessed the transformation of the new space firsthand.

A result of the QEII Foundation’s simulation-based learning campaign

In the 1970s, surgeons practiced basic suturing skills by plunging a needle into an orange. In 2019, the standards – and possibilities – are beyond what they could have imagined.

While the QEII had an ambulance bay prior to the Simulation Learning campaign, it was a space that needed major renovations to be up to code; including updated electrical. Even the greatest teachers struggle in the dark.

A $100,000 lead gift from Don Horne inspired the community to step up and create a brand new Sim Bay – a hub of excellence that would be pivotal in its ability to attract great minds and encourage them to stay and practice locally.